Syria has just over 500,000 more men than women in its whole population
90% of the Syrian population is Arabic
Geography
Syria is roughly the land of Florida as it covers 71,498 square miles of land, the average temperature during the summer is 100 degrees
Economic Resources
Syria imports: heavy machinery, vehicles, and petroleum products
Syria exports: oil, fruits, vegetables, wheat, clothing, meat, and animals
Most Syrian families work 2 or 3 jobs for essential things
The GDP in Syria is 59.4 billion, the GDP in the states is 14.59 trillion, you can tell that Syria does not make a lot of money (similar to China) as they work many jobs and produce common goods
Political structure
The Syrian government is broken down into 14 provinces and a president who controls everything, you can assume that they try to spread out and focus on problems based on the location
The voting age in Syria is 18, anyone over this age is eligible to vote
Syria holds an election every 7 years (the last election was in 2007 meaning the next one will be in 2014)
Snapshot of the Current Leader & Government
Who Revolted?
The first person who revolted was a guy named Hasan Ali Akleh on January 26, 2011. Hasan poured gasoline on himself then lit himself on fire.
"Syria." CultureGrams Online Database. Proquest. Web. 13 Apr. 2012. <http://online.culturegrams.com/world/world_country.php>. political activist were imprisoned and people protested which led to more arrest in 2010 in 1970 hafez al assad took power and he died in 2000. his son bashar took power and they both used terror and force in 2012 the city of homs was attacked by syrian forces because of protesting. The government prevented any aid from reaching the citizens. 2005 a car bombing killed Rafiq Hariri and the lebanese thought the syrians were responsible Negotiations between Israel and Syria have been suspended since 2000
Demographics
The median age of Syria is 22 years old
Syria has just over 500,000 more men than women in its whole population
90% of the Syrian population is Arabic
Geography
Syria is roughly the land of Florida as it covers 71,498 square miles of land, the average temperature during the summer is 100 degrees
Economic Resources
Syria imports: heavy machinery, vehicles, and petroleum products
Syria exports: oil, fruits, vegetables, wheat, clothing, meat, and animals
Most Syrian families work 2 or 3 jobs for essential things
The GDP in Syria is 59.4 billion, the GDP in the states is 14.59 trillion, you can tell that Syria does not make a lot of money (similar to China) as they work many jobs and produce common goods
Political structure
The Syrian government is broken down into 14 provinces and a president who controls everything, you can assume that they try to spread out and focus on problems based on the location
The voting age in Syria is 18, anyone over this age is eligible to vote
Syria holds an election every 7 years (the last election was in 2007 meaning the next one will be in 2014)
Snapshot of the Current Leader & Government
Who Revolted?
The first person who revolted was a guy named Hasan Ali Akleh on January 26, 2011. Hasan poured gasoline on himself then lit himself on fire.
Works CitedFord, Robert Stephan. "Syria." Syria. US Government, 9 Mar. 2012. Web. 13 Apr. 2012. <http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3580.htm>.
"Syria." CultureGrams Online Database. Proquest. Web. 13 Apr. 2012. <http://online.culturegrams.com/world/world_country.php>.
"Syria." CultureGrams Online Database. Proquest. Web. 13 Apr. 2012. <http://online.culturegrams.com/world/world_country.php>.
political activist were imprisoned and people protested which led to more arrest in 2010
in 1970 hafez al assad took power and he died in 2000. his son bashar took power and they both used terror and force
in 2012 the city of homs was attacked by syrian forces because of protesting. The government prevented any aid from reaching the citizens.
2005 a car bombing killed Rafiq Hariri and the lebanese thought the syrians were responsible
Negotiations between Israel and Syria have been suspended since 2000